Painted Pumpkin Ideas For Halloween

20 No-Carve Pumpkin Ideas Perfect For Kids

Pumpkin carving is a Halloween tradition that's often times overrated. Those pumpkin creations that you're seeing all over Pinterest may be inspiring, but they're often the work of an expert, not an ambitious mom and her kids. Save yourself the hassle, mess, and potential danger that comes with wielding a knife and scooper, and instead try one of these 20 awesome no-carve pumpkin ideas this year.

1. Frozen In the Fall

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They want to dress Frozen characters, sing Frozen songs, so painting Frozen pumpkins is the natural next step!

Use a small pumpkin to create a fun Halloween spider for your front stoop. Your kids can paint the pumpkin all black, or decorate with spooky spider features. Once the paint is dry, stick bent pipe cleaners into the pumpkin to create spider legs.

To create this look, invite your child to coat the outside of the pumpkin with black acrylic paint using a foam brush or roller. Once the pumpkin is dry,use tacky glue to squeeze dots around the painted gourd, and then press on big, glittering, clear plastic jewels. Finish it all off by painting the stem with silver acrylic paint.

With just a bit of black felt or heavy tag board, you can create minimalistic, artistic mustache Halloween pumpkins just like blogger Annily Green. Simply cut out the shapes, and then your little one can adhere with tacky glue.